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Comparison group

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Allows us to compare what would occur both with and without whatever it is that interests us

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Bloodletting

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1700s; Dr. Benjamin Rush
Draining blood from patients to cure illness
No difference in recovery rates

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Confounds

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Confounded means confuses
You think that one thing caused the outcome but because other things changed, you’re confused about what the real cause is

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Bushman Study (2002)

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Examined effects on aggression of venting vs not venting.
Wrote essay, people criticized to make them mad.
Group 1 sit quiet, group 2 punch a bag, group 3 punch bag with Steve face
Then asked to blast noise to Steve, group 1 least aggressive, group 3 most aggressive

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Probabilistic

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Findings are not expected to explain all the cases all the time

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Intuition

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Being swayed by good story
Being persuaded
Focusing on evidence we like
Being biased about being biased

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Availability heuristic

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Being pursuance by what comes easily to mind.

Things that come to mind easily are more “available” to memory and can guide and/or bias our thinking

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Present bias

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We notice what is present and this fail to look for the absences
Blondes have more fun

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Confirmation bias

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Tendency to only look at information that agrees with what we already believe

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Bias blind spot

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The belief that we are unlikely to fall prey to the other biases previously described

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Empirical journal articles

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Report the method and results for research studies that are being reported for the first time

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Review journal articles

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Summary of all the published studies that have been conducted in that particular research area

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Abstract

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Summary of the article, read it to figure out what the article is about

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Introduction

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Explains he topic of the study, describes the theoretical and empirical background for the research, and states the specific research goals for the current study

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Method

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How the researchers conducted the study, includes subsections on participants, materials, procedure, and apparatus

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Results

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Describes the statistical tests used and the quantitative or qualitative results of the study

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Discussion

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Summarizes the study and discusses the study’s significant contributions and perhaps alternative explanations for their results

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References

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Full bibliographic listing of all the sources the authors cited in the article